slatey

/ (ˈsleɪtɪ) /

adjective slatier or slatiest

Irish informal slightly mad; crazy

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Words nearby slatey

slate black, slate blue, slate-colored junco, slated for, be, slater, slatey, slather, slating, slatkin, slattern, slatternly

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Example sentences from the Web for slatey

The poet's tomb was disappointing in its unlovely simplicity, its stern, slatey hue.
Phantom Fortune, A Novel|M. E. Braddon
It was of a dull, slatey colour, and belonged to the silkworm family of Bombycidae.
On the Banks of the Amazon|W.H.G. Kingston
There was only slatey void, through which he was going on for ever.
The Trail of the Hawk|Sinclair Lewis
In the adult the brown of the upper plumage assumes a slatey grey hue, and the edgings of lighter colour vanish.
The Art and Practice of Hawking|Edward B. Michell

And because that was the year your father bought the whole of Slatey Gap.
Devon Boys|George Manville Fenn

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